BILL NUMBER: SB 1951	CHAPTERED  07/21/00

	CHAPTER   178
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 21, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JULY 21, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   JULY 6, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   MAY 8, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 10, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MARCH 29, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Costa

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2000

   An act relating to child abuse.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1951, Costa.  Child abuse:  probation officers.
   Existing law requires specified professionals to report instances
of child abuse to a child protective agency under specified
circumstances.  A child protective agency is defined to include a
police or sheriff's department, a county welfare department, or a
county probation department.  Teachers and other specified mandated
reporters are required to receive training in the reporting and
identification of child abuse.
   This bill would require the Board of Corrections to revise the
annual training requirements for full participation probation
officers providing direct service to families and children to include
training on child abuse identification and reporting.  The training
would be required to be given no less than once every 3 years.  By
increasing the duties of local officials, this bill would impose a
state-mandated local program.
  The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state.  Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement, including the creation of a State Mandates Claims Fund
to pay the costs of mandates that do not exceed $1,000,000 statewide
and other procedures for claims whose statewide costs exceed
$1,000,000.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  The Board of Corrections shall revise the annual
training requirements for probation officers to provide that each
full participation probation officer providing direct service to
families and children shall complete updated training or child abuse
identification and reporting, with the content and protocols of the
training prescribed by the Board of Corrections.  This training shall
occur no less frequently than once every three years unless the
chief probation officer determines that the staff member's job
responsibilities do not include contact with juvenile probationers or
adult probationers who are parents or have more than occasional
contact with minors.
  SEC. 2.  Notwithstanding Section 17610 of the Government Code, if
the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains
costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and
school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7
(commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the
Government Code.  If the statewide cost of the claim for
reimbursement does not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000),
reimbursement shall be made from the State Mandates Claims Fund.
